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, Sports Wednesday, July 2, 19R6 7 Recuperating University of Mar arwr piayer s coc By tho Associated Press COLLEGE PARF, Md. - A large part of Lcn Bias* life took place here, on the University of Maryland's sprawling red-brick campus. He came here as child to see his idols play basketball and to learn the basics of the hoop and the drib blc at summer camps. He came here as a young man to hone those skills, to get an education and to become the star he always dreamed of being. He grew from a pudgy adolescent to a tall, muscular All-Amcrican here. And it was here, in the early hours of June 19, as Len Bias stood on the brink of fame and fortune, that he died after ingesting cocaine. The death of the 22-year-old Bias has raised questions that go far beyond College Park ? questions about athletes and academics, questions about oruclina basketball schedules. Questions about dru? abuse. "It's going to provide people the impetus to do some self-evaluation," Maryland Athletic Director Dick Dull said. " Anyone who claims that what happened here can't happen on their own campus is either naive or simply not facing the truth." The death of Len Bias is also a private matter of grief for this campus community of 50,000. It is a shnrnenrd hv th<* talk of driio use and academic laxity. "There's so much hurt in it," Drury Bagwell, associate vice chancellor for student affairs, said. "It's as if you were in the process of burying your brother and people start asking about his use of drugs and his sex life and what about your great Uncle Horace who stole that horse." Bagwell says the incident has, in one week, _ obscured the school's rise to academic prestige durW ing this decade. Th<* sixth-Inmost nnblic university. Maryland has ridden the wave of growth in public school prominence. The National Academy of Scicncc Association now rates Maryland in the top 10 for engineering and computer scicncc programs. And Maryland had Lenny Bias, a player of considerable skill and vitality. Some say the school spirit was typified in a popular campus poster that read, "I'm Bias ? Maryland is No. 1." - I Direct Mail Advertisi / Vv v j V /th live Wfr'l USC does it again ? L H*Vr?i ar>4 W*ry ?*4 Hifcl. KM w?r? l?r r?*W ft* mv? / o4 TH K*tM |m Im *??ri ? ?nt P ^ Vy rr*?^ ft* WWut U ifma A mm 4 Mr t?4 trv^ ihp^j f*w / The Gamecock IfOi m USC tuition may increase ttespite .more state fund \l \T$-. <r*&S<> \ \ i' r^. <-Vi \ \^5? i3^*- 1 0M^k\ V^:?% ''?Vn w=?r* Call 777-4249 to ggggg**! Cdme'Party Where Rock-nAT v C/tiU HENRY' !> upcom MMHki' llMUMlA nMlTI r?vUK? 6-7 pm $1.25 Imported Beer r a 8-10 pm w $1.75 Pitchers < * rT^1/ & $2,26 Bar Brands . . > ' v '* ****>* >** * ' . VXV4-. ,, ^ ... isfk M u m M*( a *.* > OrtN IIL 2:Oi wiw* KM ' >*? /,:+ .</ + ** <y i v' / /" "/ /<> -"4 "/ ' 4tM<K?U>> . >:. XV/. . V - V ' . / z* v *ysW 'WY *A.>V a 922 S. Main St. (across from Klnko's) ? yland still stunned i " aine-lmked aeath Bias didn't conic to Maryland solely for a degree. He came to play basketball, a task he had prepared for most of his young life. As a youngster, he played street-corner ball near his handover home, not far from the Maryland campus. Friends called him "Frosty" then, as in Fmstv fhf* Snnwm;i n hcrmicf* nf hie rnnnrlfvl physique. r~"" Bias wasn't a natural; he was cut from his junior I I high team. He became a starter again when he was I -'4 bused to Hyattsville's Northwestern High, but his L~~ coach, Bob Wagner, says it was only bccause "the team wasn't very good." f 1 So he practiced. He sold popcorn at Maryland's Cole Field House so he could study Buck Williams' rebounds and Albert King's shots. "Maryland was always a big thing in his mind," Wagner said. Frosty persevered. He pumped iron to increase ' his strength and endurance and grew to a powerful vct 6-foot-8. By his senior year, Bias and his high c?l school team were in the state championship finals ^a nnrl or*f hit firct tacl/> f fntnr? 801 He listened to a stream of college recruiters and their promises, but soon grew weary of their intense interest. "He was relieved when the whole process was over," Wagner recalled. At Maryland, Bias blossomed. His freshman-year ^? 7.2 points per game jumped to 23.2 points his senior :11! year. He became Maryland's career scoring leader with 2,149 points and was the 1986 Atlantic Coast at Conference Player of the Year. Campus officials point out that Bias was the first drug death at Maryland in recent memory. The of- al ficials say there is little doubt there is drug use on W campus ? a student was suspended for selling cocaine a few months ago ? but there is also little to suggest it is worse than anyplace else. "What everyone should recognize is that College Park has drug users on campus, but no more or no less than other campuses or the community in general," said Dr. Margaret Bridwell, director of the Student Health Center and president of the American College Health Association. Maryland is making changes in the wake of its tragedy. Next year, the chancellor for academic affairs will oversee the athletes' education, taking over the responsibility from the athletic department. i nfc without the Stamps I Reach the 1986-87 Freshmen Class before they > reach Columbia. Advertise in The Gamecock's Special Freshmen Mail-Out Issue. ! Mailed out: \ ? Wed. Au&. 6 % Deadline: Thurs. July 31 Special - D~4-^ >r ueraiis. AUIC j I $5.oo pci Roll Comes Alive Every Day! ? 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Szakacsi coachcd champion- l"|. hip teams at cach school and has U' n overall basketball coaching a nf lip k i\tw r\i nl X# V- V/. ^ "VW, ?V ..I X/I?V W. >nly three coaches in the state to vin that many prep games. ( Szakacsi's teams at University Do ligh compiled a 268-54 record I in rom 1951-66 with back-to-back I :hampionships in 1962 and 1963. the hie coached at A.C. Flora from sys 1967-79 where he led the basket- fail :>all squads to a 227-105 record wei ind the state title in 1968-69. ico S/.akacsi came to USC from me airport Harbour, Ohio, and let- wh ered three years (1948-1950) in Ro basketball and baseball. ov< w^j t\ r DOGS THE Eiirn CVCIN MMVl ss from the US( ? -v www * SUPER CHILI DOG $ V? POIJNDI R # a Al l. IH i r w/ A MUSTARD, ONIONS w AND SANDY'S SECRET # a RECIPE CI IILII 0 I $^129 w m Coupon 4) & Exp. July 15, 1986 $ I Coupon Good at Any Sandy'* f I < \ WEEK 11 AM-10 PM :"si m m CIIOCOIATE? , m IL WALNUT SUNDAE m ^ W LOTS or VANILLA ICE 9 9 # CRT.AM LOAD! 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